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Reuters reports that the eldest son of former security chief and Bo Xilai patron Zhou Yongkang is in “quasi-detention” after returning from the U.S. to assist with an investigation into one of his father’s allies<\/strong><\/a>. From Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard:<\/p>\n

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One of the sources, who has ties to the leadership, said the investigation that Zhou Yongkang’s son, Zhou Bin, is helping with was linked to a probe into Jiang Jiemin, until recently the top regulator of state-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n

[\u2026] Jiang was previously chairman of energy giant China National Petroleum Corp – Zhou Yongkang’s power base – as well as one of its subsidiaries, oil-and-gas behemoth PetroChina.<\/p>\n

The three sources told Reuters that Zhou Bin was under quasi-detention on the outskirts of Beijing so he could assist the party’s anti-corruption watchdog with the investigation.<\/p>\n

“Zhou Bin agreed to return from abroad for questioning by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection,” said a second source, who has direct knowledge of the matter. [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The report comes amid persistent rumors that Zhou the elder has also been detained<\/a>. South China Morning Post reported in August that Zhou was in the crosshairs of a corruption probe<\/a> that would be made public after November’s Third Plenum<\/a>, but although several of his associates including Jiang have been targeted<\/a>, Reuters later countered that Zhou himself was not under investigation<\/a>. His appearance in October at the China University of Petroleum<\/a> further suppressed the rumors, until recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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